By DON BEHM Oak Creek officials want to jump-start development of 255 acres of open space on the city's south side by acquiring the property early next year from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District at a cost of $7 million, city attorney Lawrence Haskin said.

By Sean Ryan The Kinnickinnic River is too shallow for barges, so contractors stabilizing the stream bank must tiptoe around trees when carving paths to access the work sites.

By Sean Ryan Unless something unexpected crops up, New Berlin's application to buy Lake Michigan water should gain state approval. "I'm certainly not aware of any new problematic issues," said Todd Ambs, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Water Division administrator.

By DON BEHM Wauwatosa - At least 9,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Underwood Creek on Thursday afternoon from a break in a sewer pipe near N. 114th St. and Underwood Parkway, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District officials said Friday. The break was discovered shortly after 4 p.m.

By Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Oct. 6--WAUWATOSA -- At least 9,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Underwood Creek on Thursday afternoon from a break in a sewer pipe near N. 114th St. and Underwood Parkway, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District officials said Friday.